Week 5

Monday 2/4

In Class:

• Project 2 introduction
• Discuss blogging

For Next Time:

Albert, Adam, Brad, Bobby, Bernadette:
• One blog entry on any of our readings
Everyone:
• Read Rolling Stone's "Rock List: Twenty-Five Favorite Album Covers"
• Read AOL Music Canada's "Best. Album Covers. Ever."
• Read Rate Your Music's "The 100 Worst Album Covers EVER"
• Read Idolator's The Worst Album Cover of the Year contest
• One comment on Albert, Adam, Brad, Bobby, or Bernadette's blog entry

Wednesday 2/6

Due Today:

• Project 1 (design plan, data map, postmortem) final draft
• Blog entry (Albert, Adam, Brad, Bobby, and Bernadette)
• Comment on blog entry (everyone)

In Class:

• Bloggers lead class discussion on readings

For Next Time:

Jon, Micah, Erol, Ashley, Gabriel:
• One blog entry on any of our readings
Everyone:
• Read Patrick Duffy's "Designing an Album Cover"
• Read Marvin's Corner's "Technical Critiques Of Professional Disc Designs" (all 7 of them)
• One comment on Jon, Micah, Erol, Ashley, or Gabriel's blog entry
• Bring in one song in .mp3 format

Friday 2/8

Due Today:

• One song in .mp3 format
• Blog entry (Jon, Micah, Erol, Ashley, and Gabriel)
• Comment on blog entry (everyone)

In Class:

• Bloggers lead class discussion on readings

For Next Time:

Austin, Andy, Matt, Pan, Amy:
• One blog entry on our reading
Everyone:
• Read through the Album Art and CD Cover Design blog (don't forget the Categories, Recent Entries, and Archives links)
• One comment on Austin, Andy, Matt, Pan, or Amy's blog entry